(1) When a consumer reporting agency, sometimes called a credit bureau, requests information regarding the amount of overdue support owed by a noncustodial parent (NCP), the division of child support (DCS) provides this information.
(2) In addition to responding to requests for information by consumer reporting agencies, DCS reports to those agencies information regarding overdue support owed by an NCP. DCS then updates the information on a regular basis, even after the NCP brings the account current.
(3) Before releasing information to the consumer reporting agency, DCS sends a written notice concerning the proposed release of the information to the NCP's last known address.
(4) The notice gives the NCP ten days from the date of the notice to request a conference board to contest the accuracy of the information. If the NCP requests a conference board, DCS does not release the information until a conference board decision has been issued.
(5) A noncustodial parent (NCP) who disagrees with the information supplied by DCS to a consumer reporting agency may file a notice of dispute under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 USC 1681.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 26.23.120, 74.08.090, 74.20A.310. 06-06-076, § 388-14A-2160, filed 2/28/06, effective 3/31/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090. 01-03-089, § 388-14A-2160, filed 1/17/01, effective 2/17/01. Formerly WAC 388-14-030 and 388-14-410.]